Author:
Tsaryk Roman,Yucel Nora,Leonard Elvin V.,Diaz Noelia,Bondareva Olga,Odenthal-Schnittler Maria,Arany Zoltan,Vaquerizas Juan M.,Schnittler Hans,Siekmann Arndt F.
Abstract
AbstractEndothelial cells (ECs) lining blood vessels are exposed to mechanical forces, such as shear stress. These forces control many aspects of EC biology, including vascular tone, cell migration and proliferation. Despite a good understanding of the genes responding to shear stress, our insight into the transcriptional regulation of these genes is much more limited. Here, we set out to study alterations in the chromatin landscape of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) exposed to laminar shear stress. To do so, we performed ChIP-Seq for H3K27 acetylation, indicative of active enhancer elements and ATAC-Seq to mark regions of open chromatin in addition to RNA-Seq on HUVEC exposed to 6 h of laminar shear stress. Our results show a correlation of gained and lost enhancers with up and downregulated genes, respectively. DNA motif analysis revealed an over-representation of KLF transcription factor (TF) binding sites in gained enhancers, while lost enhancers contained more ETV/ETS motifs. We validated a subset of flow responsive enhancers using luciferase-based reporter constructs and CRISPR-Cas9 mediated genome editing. Lastly, we characterized the shear stress response in ECs of zebrafish embryos using RNA-Seq. Our results lay the groundwork for the exploration of shear stress responsive elements in controlling EC biology.
Funder
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
National Institutes of Health
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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